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Police in File-Sharing Raids Across Europe, WikiLeaks Host Targeted

TorrentFreak — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:38:11 +0000

Police in up to 14 countries around Europe have coordinated to carry out raids against suspected file-sharing servers this morning. Locations in The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Hungary were targeted but Sweden appears to have borne the brunt of the action. Seven locations including PRQ, which hosts WikiLeaks, have been raided. This morning news is

ISP Hits Back At U2 Manager’s Billion Dollar Piracy Bonanza Claims

TorrentFreak — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:37:21 +0000

Last month, outspoken manager of U2 Paul McGuinness penned a piece titled “How to Save The Music Industry”. Among other things, McGuinness suggested that ISPs were unlikely to help the music industry in their battle against illegal file-sharing since they are the ones benefiting from the “multi-billion dollar bonanza” it has generated. UK ISP Entanet

ISP Liability For Infringement Nuked, ACTA Leak Reveals

TorrentFreak — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:37:17 +0000

According to yet another leaked draft of the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), participating countries will no longer be obliged to impose secondary liability on Internet Service Providers for copyright infringements carried out by their customers. Other harsh measures to counter copyright infringement are still in place. The level of secrecy which surrounds ACTA,

Anti-Piracy Outfit Threatens To DoS Uncooperative Torrent Sites

TorrentFreak — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:34:05 +0000

In recent years, technical anti-piracy enforcement has taken a less aggressive approach to that previously demonstrated by the infamous MediaDefender. But now, according to a company being hired to protect Bollywood blockbusters, if BitTorrent sites don’t cooperate by taking down torrents when asked, they will have denial of service attacks launched against them and material

Police Swoop On 6,000 Song File-Sharer

TorrentFreak — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:33:14 +0000

Inspired by their flagship site The Pirate Bay, file-sharers across Sweden continue to share files using the BitTorrent protocol largely unhindered and unconcerned by possible legal action. Those that choose to use certain other methods are not quite so safe, as police arrest yet another man for sharing large quantities of files. Swedish police have

How Any BitTorrent User Can Collect Lawsuit Evidence

TorrentFreak — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:31:11 +0000

The RIAA may have given up on lawsuits targeting P2P users, but other companies have stepped into their shoes. There are many ways to detect P2P users and collect evidence of their behaviors for use in lawsuits. The simplest way needs nothing more than a BitTorrent client. We’ve covered some of the more exotic ways

Netflix Polls BitTorrent Habits of Leaving Customers

TorrentFreak — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:21:18 +0000

With over 10 million customers, Netflix is a huge player in the online DVD rental business in the United States. Aside from sending out DVDs by mail, customers can also stream movies directly to a wide variety of devices. Despite these services, there are still plenty of people who cancel their accounts. Just for the

uTorrent Linux Server Released, Client Coming Soon

TorrentFreak — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:20:24 +0000

Earlier this year BitTorrent Inc. promised they would release a Linux client this summer, and today they are one step closer to achieving that goal. The company just released uTorrent Server for Linux, a daemonizable 32-bit binary of the uTorrent core, suited to those familiar with running programs from the command line. A full Linux

Hollywood Links Pirate Bay Founding Group To Cyber Attack

TorrentFreak — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:20:22 +0000

A large scale cyber attack which took down cable, telephone, cellular and satellite networks in Washington for around 15 minutes has been blamed on a female Russian hacker. According to the show Covert Affairs, she is a member of Piratbyrån, the founding group behind The Pirate Bay. The group are somewhat unsuccessfully trying to play

Game Companies Should Play Fair With P2P

TorrentFreak — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:18:00 +0000

Increasingly, game companies are using peer-to-peer powered solutions to deliver games and updates to their customers. While the use of P2P technology could be beneficial for publishers, consumers, and the image of file-sharing in general, the use of P2P by game companies still lacks transparency, privacy and control. A newly published best practices outline aims